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we are joined now from the mine with alison roberts. how closely followed is this strike? are all the unions on board? >> they are not. the largest federation, which has links with the communist party, is an opposition. they called the general strike. the second largest is not taking part. unlike in the last general strike. we are already saying public transport being a very hard hit. that will affect a lot of people who do not want to take part. in the public sector, it is patchy. many schools, may be affected because of non-teaching staff. it will fill the strike today. but it is by no means bringing the country to a standstill. >> give us an idea of the impact these measures will have. some opposition politicians are saying the death rates have increased because of the cuts to the health budget. >> that is right. those kinds of economic arguments and health arguments are being made. just a general laugh -- affect austerity. the economy is expected to shrink by 3.3%. there are some who say it could be more than that. we have already seen tax revenues much more hard hit t
we are joined now from the mine with alison roberts. how closely followed is this strike? are all the unions on board? >> they are not. the largest federation, which has links with the communist party, is an opposition. they called the general strike. the second largest is not taking part. unlike in the last general strike. we are already saying public transport being a very hard hit. that will affect a lot of people who do not want to take part. in the public sector, it is patchy. many...
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., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 7:15. new details could hurt efforts to prosecute robert bales. u.s. military officials have not had access to murder scenes in kandahar. bales' attorney says his client has memory problems. bales has been charged with 17 counts of murder. >>> the pentagon is concerned about afghans turning on americans in the wake of the bales' case. angels are service members who will watch over fellow troops at all times, even when they sleep. >>> today two explosions were hurt. one explosion was a mortar. it hit near the iranian embassy. that explosion was just outside of the green zone. so far there's no immediate word of casualties. >>> movie director spike lee now apologizing to a couple in florida after re-tweeting their address. he said he thought the address belonged to george zimmerman. he's the neighborhood watchman who shot and killed trayvon martin. instead the address belonged to another couple of and they say their first indication that something was wrong was on sunday, asking for george. >
., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 7:15. new details could hurt efforts to prosecute robert bales. u.s. military officials have not had access to murder scenes in kandahar. bales' attorney says his client has memory problems. bales has been charged with 17 counts of murder. >>> the pentagon is concerned about afghans turning on americans in the wake of the bales' case. angels are service members who will watch over fellow troops at all times, even when they sleep....
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secretary shinseki is -- alison hickey, undersecretary for benefits, dr. robert petzel undersecretary for health and we also have todd grams executive of the office of management and budget financial officer and roger baker assistant secretary for information and knowledge he. thank you go for joining us today. secretary shinseki your remarks will of course appear the record but we welcome your opening statement. >> thank you madam chair and ranking member burr. thank you again and i look forward to this opportunity to extend the dialogue we have but thanks for this opportunity to present as chairwoman -- the chairman said. the president's 2013 budget and 2014 at dance appropriation request for va. this committee has a long history of strong support for our nation's veterans and i can speak of that first-hand, having worked personally the past three budgets with you. the president has demonstrated his own respect and sense of obligation for our 22 million veterans by signing the congress once again another strong budget request for va and i thank the membe
secretary shinseki is -- alison hickey, undersecretary for benefits, dr. robert petzel undersecretary for health and we also have todd grams executive of the office of management and budget financial officer and roger baker assistant secretary for information and knowledge he. thank you go for joining us today. secretary shinseki your remarks will of course appear the record but we welcome your opening statement. >> thank you madam chair and ranking member burr. thank you again and i look...
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robert sherman has passed away. bob and his brother richard wrote some of the most popular songs from all of our childhoods including the one you just heard, "chitty chitty bang bang." >> and just a spoonful of sugar which my daughter now loves. well, their music is sure to live on. abc's david wright has more. >> in every job that must be done there is an element of fun. >> reporter: the eureka moment for one of mary poppins' best pearls of wisdom came the day bob sherman's son got his polio vaccination at school. >> he said, well, did you let somebody give you a shot? did it hurt? he said no, they took out this plastic spoon and put a sugar cube on and put the medicine in and you just ate it. and i saw like this. >> it's very clear to see. >> and i said a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. ♪ the medicine go down ♪ the medicine go down >> reporter: remember the scene from the end of the movie? inspiration for that song came from bob sherman's own childhood. >> dad was a tremendous kite maker. and he'
robert sherman has passed away. bob and his brother richard wrote some of the most popular songs from all of our childhoods including the one you just heard, "chitty chitty bang bang." >> and just a spoonful of sugar which my daughter now loves. well, their music is sure to live on. abc's david wright has more. >> in every job that must be done there is an element of fun. >> reporter: the eureka moment for one of mary poppins' best pearls of wisdom came the day bob...
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. >> reporter: ashleigh one of the headlines to come out of that interview, robert zimmerman says medical records will verify what george zimmerman said all along that it was a life and death struggle. >>> alison kosik live in times square with the mega millions record. >> $540 million. people commuting to work, slapping down their dollars, telling me about their office pools and speaking of office pools, there's one going at cnn between all of the cameramen and i was talking with my cameraman, frank, he said if they win this is what you're going to see on cnn on monday. yeah. do you think they're going to come back to work? i don't think they're going to come back to work. these are hard workers. >> if we win will there be an empty set, maybe. >> put mannequins in the seat. >> you got to be honest, alison, if you were to win, would you continue to work? >> reporter: yes, i would. because it would be much easier. i told you earlier i would hire a chef and hire a maid and make life a little easier but i love my job, i'd continue doing it. >> question for alina, would you continue working t
. >> reporter: ashleigh one of the headlines to come out of that interview, robert zimmerman says medical records will verify what george zimmerman said all along that it was a life and death struggle. >>> alison kosik live in times square with the mega millions record. >> $540 million. people commuting to work, slapping down their dollars, telling me about their office pools and speaking of office pools, there's one going at cnn between all of the cameramen and i was...
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robert bales is being held at ft. leavenworth in kansas. >>> dramatic video out of oklahoma as a string of storms march across the midwest. texas under a severe thunderstorm watch. >>> the faa is taking a fresh look at what electronic devices you can use on flights during taxiing and takeoff and landing and they they are testing new tablet and ereaders to see if they interfere with the plane's navigational consider. one device they refuse to consider is your cell phone. >>> president obama in a fund-raising frenzy. tonight, he'll be at the w hotel in washington, d.c. to raise some more cash. over the weekend, mr. obama hit chicago and atlanta. five stops, $5 million. it sounds like the president's re-election team is drowning in dlrs. in reality, it's kind of not. the question is why. cnn political contributors will cain and l.z. granderson are here to talk about that. in 2008, then candidate obama raised $750 million. the obama campaign may fall short this time around. i think they are up to 300 million so far. lz, d
robert bales is being held at ft. leavenworth in kansas. >>> dramatic video out of oklahoma as a string of storms march across the midwest. texas under a severe thunderstorm watch. >>> the faa is taking a fresh look at what electronic devices you can use on flights during taxiing and takeoff and landing and they they are testing new tablet and ereaders to see if they interfere with the plane's navigational consider. one device they refuse to consider is your cell phone....